ASII-COLOURED SANDPIPER. 
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„ '**nier in Hudson’s Bay, and breeds there. Mr Pennant 
^ sj)ects that it also breeds in Denmarlc ; and says, that 
du*^ hi vast flocks on the Flintshire shores 
miir!'^ Ihe winter season.* With ns they are also 
beintf only seen in spring- and antumn. They 
sedn-^* birds ; and, by tliose accnstoincd to the 
Sy taste of this tribe, are esteemed excellent eating, 
tiv. * h'ngth of this species is ten inches, extent 
fluted to nearly its tip, 
brn “R hich and a half long; upper parts, 
^ " ash, each feather marked near the tip with 
of * 1 *^" ®®>R>circlc of dark brown, bounded by another 
White; tail-coverts, white, marbled with olive; 
|jj^"S‘flR'lls, dusky, shafts, ivhite ; greater coverts, 
als™’ •*’^**' "’hh white; some of the primaries edged 
lint white; tail, plain pale ash, fanely edged and 
lif ,"hh white ; crown and hindhead, streaked with 
Rsh, and white ; stripe over the eye, cheeks, and 
di,.^)’ "’I'ite, the former marked with pale streaks of 
With" ’■ latter pure ; breast, white, thinly specked 
dip|. Rlockish ; belly and vent, pure white ; legs, a 
jiUpp yollowish clay colour; toes, bordered with a 
iniva"i’ warty membr.uie; hind too, directed 
turnstone ; claws and eye, black. 
*‘'derTf vary a little iu colour, some being con- 
darker above, others entirely white below ; 
^''aniT concentric semicircles on the back, 
1 tl'-'^*!’ wflug-coverts, are cons|>icuous. 
lio-lit , ’I probable that these birds become much 
®RloRi'ed during the summer, from the circura- 
at fi-* having shot one late in the month of June, 
It which was of a pale drab or dun colour. 
®Pl)ea Ibiu and emaciated; and on examination 
(loubt'^'^“ have been formerly wounded, which no 
£ ,®®®R®'oned its remaining behind its companions, 
fo ^ 1 examined the same coast every 
’■•'an R®^riy two weeks, without meeting with more 
*506 solitary individual of this species, although 
* Arctic Zoology, p, 474. 
